S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9434
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring
certain individuals to file financial disclosure forms
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 7 of part
QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
Every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of
the legislature, legislative employee and political party chair [and],
every candidate for statewide elected office or for member of the legis-
lature, AND ANY MEMBER OF A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (EVEN
IF SUCH MEMBER IS A VOLUNTEER) shall file an annual statement of finan-
cial disclosure containing the information and in the form set forth in
subdivision three of this section. On or before the fifteenth day of May
with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) every member of the
legislature, every candidate for member of the legislature and legisla-
tive employee shall file such statement with the legislative ethics
commission which shall provide such statement along with any requests
for exemptions or deletions to the commission on ethics and lobbying in
government for filing and rulings with respect to such requests for
exemptions or deletions, on or before the thirtieth day of June; and (2)
all other individuals required to file such statement shall file it with
the commission on ethics and lobbying in government, except that:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06874-01-3